I am excited to announce the publication of my first guest piece on an etiquette blog, Clise Etiquette!

The author of the blog, Arden Clise, is the well-known Seattle authority on business etiquette. As the founder of Clise Etiquette, Arden works as an etiquette consultant, speaker and business etiquette columnist for the Puget Sound Business Journal.

Arden and I share a passion for all matters of decorum, from table manners to thank-you notes, so when she asked me to write about navigating the differences between East Coast and West Coast etiquette, I didn’t hesitate.

Woo-Hoo! Next time I see you, can I have your autograph? I love the escalator etiquette. Of everything I learned that summer, “Stand on the right, walk on the left” still sticks with me – and annoys me when no one in the Midwest understands the concept. Oops!